The Rev. Brent Salsgiver of Paxton United Methodist Church pointed to the denomination's consensus on health care on a state level as the reason people from his faith are speaking out against the proposed GOP health care overhaul. He and other organizers said more protestors are scheduled to join Monday's efforts, which will begin at 6 a.m. at Third and Locust Streets near the Federal Building where the offices of Sen. Pat Toomey, who helped draft the measure, are located.

Salsgiver voiced several gripes with the bill, lodging his largest complaint with changes in Medicaid funding, which he said would harm lower income people the most. Referencing his own church's efforts into the recovery ministry and a partnership with Daystar Center for Spiritual Recovery, Salsgiver noted the impact Medicaid cuts would have on the opioid epidemic.

"More often than not, Jesus stood with those who didn't have a voice," Salsgiver said. "We felt like this was the opportunity for us [to do the same.]"

Sasgiver said the church's efforts statewide were in essence a continuation of those who protested Thursday after the bill was revealed. He added that though he favors a separation of church and state, he hopes people of different religions continue to work together find interfaith solutions to the country's political questions that represent diverse perspectives.